SONAR is more than just a digital audio workstation its the most advanced music production environment available today. Choose the creative experience only SONAR offers: advanced technology, effortless workflow, and an inviting interface that amplifies inspiration. Capture pristine recordings in the award winning, touch enabled Skylight User Interface then take advantage of the comprehensive editing, mixing, mastering, and publishing tools to craft your masterpiece.Drum ReplacerCreate that huge, luscious studio drum sound inside SONAR Platinum with Drum Replacer the brand new, ARA-integrated plug-in for enhancing drum productions. Extract drum hits from loops, drag in your own samples, reinforce your drums, and a lot more all with zero latency, thanks to flawless ARA SONAR integration.

VocalSyncVocalSync tightens vocals by aligning one part to another and its essential for matching dialogue to picture, synchronizing background vocals, and tightening doubled vocal parts. Use VocalSync to perfect your parts timing without splitting and moving clips. VocalSync is part of SONARs Region FX workflow so you can process and edit multiple dub parts to a single guide track, all within the fluid workflow of SONARs award winning Skylight interface.

REmatrix SoloREmatrix Solo is a zero latency, streamlined, single-layer ProChannel version of the acclaimed REmatrix convolution reverb from Overloud MoReVox. It features 100 Impulse Response (IR) presets, including plates, halls, rooms, early reflections, and specialty spaces you can even import your own IRs.

The New Control BarStack, scroll, minimize, and maximize any and all Control Bar modules for one-click access to your favorite tools. When collapsed, hover the mouse over a module to display its parameters for an even more efficient Skylight environment.

Mix RecallNever second guess yourself on a mix again. Mix Recall lets you save and switch to various mix scenes for easy, one click comparisons. Swap out effects, fader positions, or every parameter so that you can restore an original mix, create remixes, or just entertain a clients suggestion. Mix tracks specifically for radio, podcast, video, or mp3, and then bounce every version in a single export.

Onscreen Virtual ControllerNo MIDI controller? No problem. The Onscreen Virtual Controller lets you compose with all of your favorite virtual instruments with absolutely no MIDI hardware connected to your computer. It also supports mouse input and QWERTY keyboards so you can type MIDI compositions right into SONAR, jump octaves, and even adjust velocity without a touch screen. Whats more, a special piano for touch enabled devices snaps automatically to the screen resolution size.

Stunning New FX ChainsFrom single knob utilities, to boutique digital stompboxes, to sound generating environments and additional effects, these new FX chains will kick start your creativity and streamline the production process.

AudioSnapNew detection algorithms re-boot AudioSnap into a next generation toolkit. Stretch a song from one tempo to another, sync your recordings to audio loops, tighten your drums and convert them to MIDI and the new level of performance comes wrapped in a new look and new layout.

Addictive Drums 2SONAR includes the worlds finest drum kits and percussion instruments. SONAR Professional includes the Addictive Drums 2 Solo bundle, which lets you pick any ADpak, any MIDIpak, and any Kitpiece Pak of your choice. You will have tons of inspiring new sounds and rhythms for your next masterpiece.

SONAR Platinum includes the Addictive Drums 2 Producer bundle, which lets you choose any three ADpaks, any three MIDIpaks, and any three Kitpiece Paks. This is perfect for producers and music creators who work in a few different genres, because you can pick the content that covers your exact needs you will have great drum sounds no matter where your inspiration takes you.

16 Virtual Custom AmpsFrom country to metal, bass to funk, classic rock to futuristic, SONARs 16 new drag and drop amps are not about emulating existing amps but creating idealized amps that can exist only in the virtual world. Get ready to change how you look at amp simulations.

Pattern ToolThe only variable separating you from your creativity is time, and the Pattern Tool which sits in the Smart Tool palette for instant access is all about saving time. Forget cut and paste: Simply select and paint MIDI loops and patterns across the Piano Roll View and Track View.

Improved ARA SupportWhile working on Drum Replacer, we realized that we could make improvements and fixes to our ARA support for Melodyne. As a result, this release now improves on Melodynes seamless integration inside of SONAR.

New MIDI EngineSONAR now incorporates a new architecture for MIDI note management in software synths, because certain soft synths require an exact match of Note On and Note Off messages insufficient Note Off messages can lead to stuck notes and reduced voices on samplers. SONAR now explicitly counts all Note On messages and issues an exact number of Note Off messages to each synth when using transport functions.

Audio Import/Export ImprovementsEveryone loves more options which is why Platinum, Professional, and Artist users can now import export Ogg Vorbis, RF64, and over 20 other audio formats for compatibility with the very latest (as well as legacy) audio formats. In addition, MP3 Export has also been improved in this release.